Here's one that I had done by Hamilton Bowen in 2006. At a weak moment in 2008 I sold it to a friend of mine here in town and I just bought it back from him today. I’ve missed having it for a long time and the owner was agreeable to selling it back to me, as he knew I put lots of my personal heart & soul into it back in 2006. What a true gentleman he is. He’s a member here on this Forum, and he’s a member of the S&WCA too.
The frame is a pre war N frame 38/44 Outdoorsman, and the barrel is from a 5" pre war .44 HE 3rd model that I had Ham Bowen fit to this frame. It did not have to be rebored or re-rollmarked to 44 Special. He bored out the cylinder to .44 Special.
The front sight originally was the normal forged half moon shaped sight used on fixed sighted guns. He milled off the half moon, made a Patridge blade and installed into the blade and inserted a gold bead to resemble a "Call" gold bead, and then pinned it to the forged base, while not disturbing the original shape of the base.
The cylinder has the front edge given what Ham Bowen refers to as the "black powder chamfer" as you can see in the pictures.
The grips are made of elephant ivory made by Roy Fishpaw. He hand fitted them to this frame and numbered them to it as well. The emblems are prewar (.500") in mint condition (never re-nickeled or any other type of refinishing) that I sent to Roy to use when making these grips.
I’m very glad to have this fine gun back into my collection today. Thanks Tom!!
The frame is a pre war N frame 38/44 Outdoorsman, and the barrel is from a 5" pre war .44 HE 3rd model that I had Ham Bowen fit to this frame. It did not have to be rebored or re-rollmarked to 44 Special. He bored out the cylinder to .44 Special.
The front sight originally was the normal forged half moon shaped sight used on fixed sighted guns. He milled off the half moon, made a Patridge blade and installed into the blade and inserted a gold bead to resemble a "Call" gold bead, and then pinned it to the forged base, while not disturbing the original shape of the base.
The cylinder has the front edge given what Ham Bowen refers to as the "black powder chamfer" as you can see in the pictures.
The grips are made of elephant ivory made by Roy Fishpaw. He hand fitted them to this frame and numbered them to it as well. The emblems are prewar (.500") in mint condition (never re-nickeled or any other type of refinishing) that I sent to Roy to use when making these grips.
I’m very glad to have this fine gun back into my collection today. Thanks Tom!!
